I don't know what it is. I usually order my Ts as slings. I've successfully unpacked 5 pokies, 1 l. violaceopes, 1 c. schotedei, 1 s. philipinus, and 1 a. versicolor. All but my two most recent pokie slings have grown to maturity. My two pokie slings are doing well too. However, for some reason, I have killed both H. Mac slings that I have bought during unpacking. The first one took off and as I tried to put a cup over it, it got smooshed under the edge. The second one got smooshed under the tweezers in a plastic bag as I tried to move it. The thing is that I was watching it fairly carefully when moving it and I never saw it under the tweezers. I don't know if it's their speed(although I know that pokies are very fast and I've never had a problem with them), size (both H. Macs were 1.5 cm slings and all but my s. philipinus were over 3 cm when i bought them) or just an irrational fear on my part (see how i do with the 3 cm s. calceatum sling I have coming).
Here's my unpacking technique. Please feel free to comment if you have a better method. I take the vial and put it in a zip lock bag. Then I zip the bag and unscrew the vial lid. I poke a thin bamboo skewer into the bag to open the paper towel. Then i try to get the sling into one of the corners of the bag and I use tweezers to seal it off from the rest of the bag. I then open the bottom and let the vial and paper fall out and place the zip lock over the container that I'm moving it into. I secure the bottom with a rubber band, slide the lid to the side of the container, then release the tweezers and coax the spider into the container and then slide the lid back on.
Like I said this method has worked for all my slings except the H. Macs. Is it the species, the speed, the size or just me? Any advice would be appreciated.
J
Here's my unpacking technique. Please feel free to comment if you have a better method. I take the vial and put it in a zip lock bag. Then I zip the bag and unscrew the vial lid. I poke a thin bamboo skewer into the bag to open the paper towel. Then i try to get the sling into one of the corners of the bag and I use tweezers to seal it off from the rest of the bag. I then open the bottom and let the vial and paper fall out and place the zip lock over the container that I'm moving it into. I secure the bottom with a rubber band, slide the lid to the side of the container, then release the tweezers and coax the spider into the container and then slide the lid back on.
Like I said this method has worked for all my slings except the H. Macs. Is it the species, the speed, the size or just me? Any advice would be appreciated.
J